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Developing predictive equations to model the visual demand of in-vehicle touchscreen HMIs (2017)
Journal Article

Touchscreen HMIs are commonly employed as the primary control interface and touch-point of vehicles. However, there has been very little theoretical work to model the demand associated with such devices in the automotive domain. Instead, touchscreen... Read More about Developing predictive equations to model the visual demand of in-vehicle touchscreen HMIs.

Tilt and azimuth angles in solar energy applications – A review (2017)
Journal Article

This paper presents a review of tilt angle and azimuth angles in solar energy applications. The paper involves an overview of design parameter, applications, simulations and mathematical techniques covering different usage application. The number of... Read More about Tilt and azimuth angles in solar energy applications – A review.

An efficient algorithm for exact computation of system and survival signatures using binary decision diagrams (2017)
Journal Article

System and survival signatures are important and popular tools for studying and analysing the reliability of systems. However, it is difficult to compute these signatures for systems with complex reliability structure functions and large numbers of c... Read More about An efficient algorithm for exact computation of system and survival signatures using binary decision diagrams.

Calibration of coherence scanning interferometry and the effects of defocus (2017)
Conference Proceeding

HVOF and laser cladded Fe-Cr-B coating in simulated biomass combustion: microstructure and fireside corrosion (2017)
Journal Article

Biomass is often considered as a low carbon alternative to fossil fuels in the power industry. However the heat exchangers in biomass plants can suffer from chloride based aggressive fireside corrosion. A commercially available amorphous Fe-Cr-B allo... Read More about HVOF and laser cladded Fe-Cr-B coating in simulated biomass combustion: microstructure and fireside corrosion.

Immiscible thermo-viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells (2017)
Journal Article

We investigate immiscible radial displacement in a Hele-Shaw cell with a temperature dependent viscosity using two coupled high resolution numerical methods. Thermal gradients created in the domain through the injection of a low viscosity fluid at a... Read More about Immiscible thermo-viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells.

A Petri net model for railway bridge maintenance (2017)
Journal Article

This article describes the application of the Petri net modelling approach to managing the maintenance process of railway bridges. The Petri net model accounts for the degradation, inspection and repair processes of individual bridge elements in inve... Read More about A Petri net model for railway bridge maintenance.

The application of microwave heating in bioenergy: A review on the microwave pre-treatment and upgrading technologies for biomass (2017)
Journal Article

Bioenergy, derived from biomass and/or biological (or biomass-derived) waste residues, has been acknowledged as a sustainable and clean burning source of renewable energy with the potential to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels (such as oil and natu... Read More about The application of microwave heating in bioenergy: A review on the microwave pre-treatment and upgrading technologies for biomass.

Metal-organic frameworks in seconds via selective microwave heating (2017)
Journal Article

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Synthesis of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials via microwave heating often involves shorter reaction times and offers enhanced control of particle size compared to conventional heating. However, there is little... Read More about Metal-organic frameworks in seconds via selective microwave heating.

Shallow submarine barite mineralisation on Milos Island, Greece (2017)
Journal Article

Mechanical degradation of biomass wood pellets during long term stockpile storage (2017)
Journal Article

This paper quantifies and assesses the mechanical degradation of white wood and steam exploded wood pellets in indoor and outdoor stockpile storage over a twenty-one month period in the UK. The indoor stored steam exploded wood pellets on the surface... Read More about Mechanical degradation of biomass wood pellets during long term stockpile storage.

Redesign methodology for mechanical assembly (2017)
Journal Article

Design for assembly is the concept of carrying out critical thought early in the design stage to create assembly easement at the production stage. In the aerospace industry, products have very long lives, frequently being optimised rather than introd... Read More about Redesign methodology for mechanical assembly.

Engineering education for sustainable development: using online learning to support the new paradigms (2017)
Journal Article

This paper explores the experiences of three academic members of the University of Nottingham Open Online Course (NOOC) and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) team, comprising an engineer (tutor), an engineering education specialist (facilitator) and... Read More about Engineering education for sustainable development: using online learning to support the new paradigms.

Measurement of non-linear optical coefficients of chalcogenide glasses near the fundamental absorption band edge (2017)
Journal Article

A time-resolved pump-probe method is used for the evaluation of non-linear optical coefficients of chalcogenide glasses from the As-S-Se and Ge-Se systems near their fundamental absorption band edges. The results are analyzed via comparison with the... Read More about Measurement of non-linear optical coefficients of chalcogenide glasses near the fundamental absorption band edge.

Towards understanding the cutting and fracture mechanism in ceramic matrix composites (2017)
Journal Article

Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) are increasingly used for the manufacture of high-value parts for several industries such as the aerospace, nuclear and automotive. Nevertheless, their heterogenic, anisotropic and brittle nature make difficult to cha... Read More about Towards understanding the cutting and fracture mechanism in ceramic matrix composites.

Evaluation of current practice and associated challenges towards integrated design (2017)
Journal Article

The AEC industry is highly interested in effective ICT adoption and deployment, including its utilization within the design process. However, its capabilities have not yet been fully exploited and it is an obvious area for further research. Architect... Read More about Evaluation of current practice and associated challenges towards integrated design.

The cold store for a pumped thermal energy storage system (2017)
Journal Article

In recent years several proposals for thermodynamic cycles involving the compression and expansion of gas and thermal storage have been put forward as effective ways of storing energy. These include the work of Desrues [1] who proposed a thermal ener... Read More about The cold store for a pumped thermal energy storage system.

Promising emission behavior in Pr 3+ /In selenide-chalcogenide-glass small-core step index fiber (SIF) (2017)
Journal Article

Selenide-chalcogenide glass, small-core, step-index fiber (SIF), core-doped with Pr3+: 9.51 × 1024 ions m−3 (500 ppmw) is fabricated for the first time with indium to help solubilize Pr3+. Core diameters of 20 or 40 μm are confirmed using scanning el... Read More about Promising emission behavior in Pr 3+ /In selenide-chalcogenide-glass small-core step index fiber (SIF).

The stability of immiscible viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells with spatially varying permeability (2017)
Journal Article

In this paper, we investigate the stability of immiscible viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells with spatially varying permeability, across a range of capillary numbers. We utilise a coupled boundary element - radial basis function (BE –RBF) numerical... Read More about The stability of immiscible viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells with spatially varying permeability.

Assessing the feasibility of a national InSAR ground deformation map of Great Britain with Sentinel-1 (2017)
Journal Article

This work assesses the feasibility of national ground deformation monitoring of Great Britain using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery acquired by Copernicus’ Sentinel-1 constellation and interferometric SAR (InSAR) analyses. As of December 2016,... Read More about Assessing the feasibility of a national InSAR ground deformation map of Great Britain with Sentinel-1.